Dennis Kelly (judge)

Dennis Kelly (died 1758) was Chief Justice of Jamaica in 1742. He was one of five brothers from Lisduff who emigrated from Ireland to Jamaica in the 18th century. His daughter Elizabeth was heiress to the Kelly estates there, and in 1752 married Peter Browne, 2nd Earl of Altamont.[1][2]

References
  1. Cundall, Frank. (1915) Historic Jamaica. London: Institute of Jamaica. pp. xviii-xix.
  2. "Summary of Individual Legacies of British Slave-ownership Dennis Kelly, ????-1758". www.ucl.ac.uk.


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